Carnivores

The Zero-Sum Game

Who made such a world
Where for one being to live
another must die?

Envy

A Universal Malady

The rose: tall and proud
The blade of grass: envious
The sky loves them both

Chris Squire

A Heavenly Bass

I saw Chris Squire’s bass
It looked like Jacob’s ladder
Cautioning the sky

Photoshop

A Strange Universe

A thousand strange rules
An alternate universe
some call Photoshop

Lies

The Worst Crime of All

He lied: a crime worse
than killing — for trusting him
we could die and die

Motion

Molecular Breathing

If life is motion
Breathing: the atom and quark
Then everything lives

Fog Again

Vanishing Gulls

The seagull through fog
Silent, airy, wing — wing steps
Fainter, into white

My Morning Poem

Not Unlike the Mayfly

Fog

Voices Carry

One bark, many chirps
The fog is dense this morning
Voices carry well

Cars

Metal Skin and Round Legs

Shiny metal skin
These animals have round legs
and very bad breath